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  | | The Brothers(1st Edition) by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson Hardcover, 240 Pages, Published 2002 by Farrar, Straus And Giroux ISBN-13: 978-0-374-14118-9, ISBN: 0-374-14118-5 "Introducing a major new voice in Brazilian letters. Set among a Lebanese immigrant community in the Brazilian port of Manaus, "The Brothers" is the story of identical twins, Yaqub and Omar, whose mutual jealousy is offset only by their love for their mother. But it is Omar who is the object of Zana's Jocasta-like passion, while her husband, Halim, feels her slipping away from him, as their beautiful daughter, RGnia, makes a tragic claim ..." |
 | | The Deceptive Realism of Machado de Assis(1st Edition) A Dissenting Interpretation of Dom Casmurro (Liverpool Monographs in Hispanic Studies) by John Gledson Hardcover, 215 Pages, Published 1984 by Francis Cairns (Publications) Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-905205-19-9, ISBN: 0-905205-19-7 "The Brazilian Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, born in Rio de Janeiro in 1839, is regarded as the greatest Latin-American novelist of the nineteenth century. Dom Casmurro (1899) is one of his most important works. Its narrator, Bento, who is also its central character, sets out to convince the reader, on insufficient grounds, of the adultery of his wife, Capitu. The complexity and irony which results from this mode of presentation have l ..." |
 | | Orphans of Eldorado (Myths) by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2010 by Canongate Books ISBN-13: 978-1-84767-300-8, ISBN: 1-84767-300-7 "A magical retelling of the myth of Eldorado, the Enchanted City of the Amazon, by one of Brazil's most acclaimed writersThe setting for this magical fable is Eldorado, the enchanted city that inhabited the fevered dreams of European navigators and conquistadors, but eluded all attempts to find it on the map. Some have linked it to Manaus in the Amazon Basin, and it is here that Arminto Cordovil lives with his father Amando in a white ma ..." |
 | | A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism Machado de Assis (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Roberto Schwarz, John Gledson, Fredric Jameson, Stanley Fish, Stanley Eugene Fish Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2001 by Duke University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2239-9, ISBN: 0-8223-2239-0 ""A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism" is a translation (from the original Portuguese) of Roberto Schwarz's renowned study of the work of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). A leading Brazilian theorist and author of the highly influential notion of "misplaced ideas," Schwarz focuses his literary and cultural analysis on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas," which was published in 1880. Writing in the Marxist ..." |
 | | AChapter of Hats Selected Stories by Assis, Machado De ON Sep-21-2009, Paperback by Machado De Assis, John Gledson Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2009 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-9679-0, ISBN: 0-7475-9679-4 "Machado de Assis (1839-1908) is the great Brazilian author of Philosopher or Dog? and Epitaph of a Small Winner, whose work is admired by writers as different as Salman Rushdie, Carlos Fuentes, Woody Allen and Susan Sontag. Taken from his mature period, these dazzling stories echo Poe and Gogol, anticipate Joyce, and have been compared to the writing of Chekhov, Maupassant and Henry James, yet his modern sensibility and clear-eyed humou ..." |
 | | The Emperor's Beard(1st Edition) Dom Pedro II and His Tropical Monarchy in Brazil by Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, John Gledson Hardcover, 464 Pages, Published 2004 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-4219-7, ISBN: 0-8090-4219-3 "How Brazil created a European-style monarchy in the New World--and why its influence has enduredIn the early nineteenth century, when the rest of Latin America was in a tumult of revolutions that established republics throughout the continent. Brazilians celebrated Dom Pedro II as their emperor and rightful leader. Paradoxically, this quasi-European royal figure--son of the king who had sought refuge in Rio de Janeiro from the Napoleani ..." |
 | | Misplaced Ideas Essays on Brazilian Culture (Critical Studies in Latin American and Iberian Culture) by Roberto Schwarz, John Gledson Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1992 by Verso ISBN-13: 978-0-86091-576-8, ISBN: 0-86091-576-X "How can Latin Americans understand their past? Do ideologies which have been imported from Europe necessarily distort their view, or is that to underrate the power and objectivity of the ideas themselves? These questions are at the heart of this selection of essays, spanning twenty years of critical work on history, culture and identity, by one of the foremost Latin American intellectuals of our time. Roberto Schwarz’s writings have had ..." |
 | | Brazil Culture and identity by John Gledson Paperback, 33 Pages, Published 1994 by University Of Liverpool, Institute Of Latin American Studies ISBN-13: 978-0-902806-26-9, ISBN: 0-902806-26-2 |
 | | Tale of a Certain Orient(Updated) by Milton Hatoum, Ellen Watson, John Gledson Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2007 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-6907-7, ISBN: 0-7475-6907-X "Emilie, the matriarch, is on her deathbed. Returning to her childhood home to say goodbye, her granddaughter becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales, one by one. We hear of how Uncle Hanna first left Lebanon for Brazil early in the twentieth century; of Soraya Angela, the illegitimate deaf-mute child whose short life was blighted by fear and prejudice; of Uncle Emir and his solitary walk ..." |
 | | The Brothers(Updated) by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 2003 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-6271-9, ISBN: 0-7475-6271-7 "Set in the great Brazilian port of Manaus during the golden decades of the Rubber Boom in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, this is the story of identical twin brothers who battle for the love of their mother. It is also a vivid and surprising portrait of a city built over the confluence of two great rivers in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, and the novel itself is full of eddies, dangerous undertows and shifting s ..." |
 | | Atrum Tempestas Tales From the Darkness by Black Hound, John Gledson, Charlotte Gledson Digital, Published 2011 by Lulu.Com ISBN-13: 978-1-4475-4749-5, ISBN: 1-4475-4749-7 "A collection of dark, surreal and fantastical tales that will prick your senses. Written by the cream of up coming and established authors, this collection will leave you compelled and looking over your shoulder. John 'Jam' Arthur Miller, John Gledson, Andrew Wolter, Greg L. Hall, Jason L. Keene, Cassandra Lee, K.K, Steven Marshall, William Couper, Justin Holley, Jeanna Tendean, Jessica Lynne Gardner, Jeff Ezell, Benjamin Bussey, Dave ..." |
 | | Orphans of Eldorado by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-13: 978-1-921656-12-5, ISBN: 1-921656-12-3 "A magical retelling of the myth of Eldorado by Brazil's greatest writer." |
 | | Post-Contemporary Interventions Ser. A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism : Machado de Assis by Roberto Schwarz, John Gledson 194 Pages, Published 2001 by Duke University Press Books ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-8080-1, ISBN: 0-8223-8080-3 "Introduction. John Gledson In 1880, the brazilian writer Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839–1908) began to publish his fifth novel, the Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas, in the Revista brasileira; the following year, it appeared in book form. This is one of the major events of Latin American literary history. The first great novel to appear in the region, the Memoirs (as the book will be referred to here) need not be read for extr ..." |
 | | Machado de Assis Reflections on a Brazilian Master Writer (Critical Reflections on Latin America Series) by Richard Graham, Machado De Assis, John Gledson, Joao Adolfo Hansen, Sidney Chalhoub, Daphne Patai Paperback, 150 Pages, Published 1999 by University Of Texas Press ISBN-13: 978-0-292-72822-6, ISBN: 0-292-72822-0 "Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (1839-1908) never left Brazil and rarely traveled outside his native city of Rio de Janeiro, yet he is widely acknowledged by those who have read him as one of the major authors of the nineteenth century. His works are full of subtle irony, relentless psychological insights, and brilliant literary innovations. Yet, because he wrote in Portuguese, a language outside the mainstream of Western culture, those ..." |
 | | The Pristine Culture of Capitalism A Historical Essay on Old Regimes and Modern States (Critical Studies in Latin American Culture) by Ellen Meiksins Wood, Roberto Schwarz, Alan Carling, John Gledson Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1992 by Verso Books ISBN-13: 978-0-86091-341-2, ISBN: 0-86091-341-4 "Weaving together economic and political history with the history of ideas, this book ranges across a broad spectrum of debates, from the 'Nairn-Anderson theses' to the contribution of J C D Clark and Alan Macfarlane, and over a wide variety ..." |
 | | On Modern Latin American Fiction(1st Edition) by John Gledson, Edwin Williamson, Charles A. Perrone, Steven Boldy, Jason Wilson, John King, John -. Editor King Hardcover, 335 Pages, Published 1989 by Hill And Wang ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-6973-6, ISBN: 0-8090-6973-3 "This ground-breaking collection analyzes the evolution of modern Latin American fiction and provides critical assessments of its best-known writers." |
 | | Tale of a Certain Orient(Updated) by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson, Ellen Watson Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 2004 by Bloomsbury Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-6906-0, ISBN: 0-7475-6906-1 "Emilie, the matriarch, is on her deathbed. Returning to her childhood home to say goodbye, her granddaughter becomes enveloped in memories, as family and friends gather round to tell their own tales, one by one. We hear of how Uncle Hanna first left Lebanon for Brazil early in the twentieth century; of Soraya Angela, the illegitimate deaf-mute child whose short life was blighted by fear and prejudice; of Uncle Emir and his solitary walk ..." |
 | | THE BROTHERS ... MINT UK First Edition, by Milton Hatoum, John Gledson Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-5784-5, ISBN: 0-7475-5784-5 |
 | | Lies We Live By(Updated) The Art of Self Deception by Eduardo Giannetti, John Gledson, E. Fonseca Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2001 by Bloomsbury Uk ISBN-13: 978-0-7475-5294-9, ISBN: 0-7475-5294-0 "One might have suspected that the not-so-subtle tentacles of evolutionary psychology had arrived at the inner sanctum of the fragile, illusory pile we vainly term "identity" when sexuality and romance were reduced to functions of reproduction and survival in such books as The Red Queen and The Mating Mind. But when a book arrives that illuminates not only why we lie to others, but why we lie to ourselves, then the temptation not to know ..." |
 | | A Master on the Periphery of Capitalism Machado de Assis (Post-Contemporary Interventions Latin America in Translation/En Traducción/Em Tradução) by Roberto Schwarz, John Gledson Hardcover, 264 Pages, Published 2001 by Duke University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8223-2210-8, ISBN: 0-8223-2210-2 |
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